Your writing is also a "patchwork" process of turning various scraps of your life experience into something meaningful and beautiful and useful, a sort of resurrection of the mind-heart-soul.
Fine work on the Boro garments. As a student of Japanese culture and fashion, with a Ph.D. in vintage-style denim, I approve. You could've told me it was Kapital and I would completely believe it.
I saw your vestments photos the other day and wondered what it was about. Now I have a sense of it. You never cease to challenge, disarm, amuse and amaze me, Steve. I love you 'sew' much. I would love to have a glass of bourbon or three with you someday while engaged in conversation about our patchworks, God's included!
Thanks, will do! I hope to drive out west again next year, God willing, and visit several of the monasteries. I met your son at Archangel Michael in Cañones NM several years ago. He was composing a service to Fr Seraphim Rose at the time. I am in Birmingham AL.
"God can create great beauty from complete desolation." St. Matushka Olga
Thank God for you brother Steve, a beautiful example of God's grace and power acting and bringing about good through a broken humble vessel. "For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: 'I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.'" (Isaiah 57:15) Keep On!
Your ability to jump off the cruise ship and learn to swim while in the sea is inspiring to me; I'm more of the sort who's too paralyzed with resistance to make the jump until I can get things just right. Pray for me. I'm also inspired by the beauty of the last sentence in this article. Take care, and sew wonderfully.
Well, my dear Brother, you continue to amaze me and allow me to reflect on my life while explaining yours. I thank our Father/Creator for you. You bring a smile, you bring tears to my eyes and confession to my tongue and lips and Praise and Thanksgiving. a true Human. words fail me - I am not trying to 'exalt' you but just trying to explain that you reach my soul and heart, I thank the Father for you +
You know, I have similar feelings about my second ex husband. :)
But the way I look at it now -- I don't regret marrying him although I know now we were really not a good match -- is that although things weren't perfect, we gave each other a really good life for 14 years. And we did!
Those are the best vestments I've seen in a while.
The vestments of our "working man priesthood"!
Your writing is also a "patchwork" process of turning various scraps of your life experience into something meaningful and beautiful and useful, a sort of resurrection of the mind-heart-soul.
Thanks, Dad!
Thank you!
A very fine reflection. Thank you.
Fine work on the Boro garments. As a student of Japanese culture and fashion, with a Ph.D. in vintage-style denim, I approve. You could've told me it was Kapital and I would completely believe it.
Thank you! I'm flattered (in a humble kind of way) at such high praise. I'm loving researching and creating these garments!
I saw your vestments photos the other day and wondered what it was about. Now I have a sense of it. You never cease to challenge, disarm, amuse and amaze me, Steve. I love you 'sew' much. I would love to have a glass of bourbon or three with you someday while engaged in conversation about our patchworks, God's included!
If you're ever coming through Phoenix let me know! (I don't know where you live, but we do some traveling and meet up with FB friends all over!)
Thanks, will do! I hope to drive out west again next year, God willing, and visit several of the monasteries. I met your son at Archangel Michael in Cañones NM several years ago. He was composing a service to Fr Seraphim Rose at the time. I am in Birmingham AL.
"God can create great beauty from complete desolation." St. Matushka Olga
Thank God for you brother Steve, a beautiful example of God's grace and power acting and bringing about good through a broken humble vessel. "For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: 'I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.'" (Isaiah 57:15) Keep On!
Your ability to jump off the cruise ship and learn to swim while in the sea is inspiring to me; I'm more of the sort who's too paralyzed with resistance to make the jump until I can get things just right. Pray for me. I'm also inspired by the beauty of the last sentence in this article. Take care, and sew wonderfully.
Well, my dear Brother, you continue to amaze me and allow me to reflect on my life while explaining yours. I thank our Father/Creator for you. You bring a smile, you bring tears to my eyes and confession to my tongue and lips and Praise and Thanksgiving. a true Human. words fail me - I am not trying to 'exalt' you but just trying to explain that you reach my soul and heart, I thank the Father for you +
You know, I have similar feelings about my second ex husband. :)
But the way I look at it now -- I don't regret marrying him although I know now we were really not a good match -- is that although things weren't perfect, we gave each other a really good life for 14 years. And we did!
Beautiful writing. Almost like a variation on the Ship of Theseus.
I don’t have the words for how, but this piece somehow has helped me heal.
Love reading your meditations, thanks for the soul you put into this entry.
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.